قابض

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Arabic

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Root
ق ب ض (q b ḍ)
7 terms

Etymology

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Derived from the active participle of قَبَضَ (qabaḍa, to seize).

Pronunciation

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Adjective

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قَابِض (qābiḍ) (feminine قَابِضَة (qābiḍa), masculine plural قَابِضُون (qābiḍūn) or قُبَّاض (qubbāḍ))

  1. depressing
  2. (anatomy) flexor (causing the joint to flex)
    Synonym: مُثْنِيّ (muṯniyy)
    Coordinate term: بَاسِط (bāsiṭ)
    عَضَلَة قَابِضَةʕaḍala(t) qābiḍaa flexor muscle

Descendants

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  • Urdu: قَابِض (qābiz)

Noun

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قَابِض (qābiḍm

  1. clutch
  2. constriction

Declension

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Proper noun

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القَابِض (al-qābiḍm

  1. (Islam) Al-Qabid, "the Restrainer, the Straightener" one of the names of God in Islam.

Urdu

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Arabic قَابِض (qābiḍ).

Pronunciation

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Adjective

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قابِض (qābiz) (indeclinable, Hindi spelling क़ाबिज़)

  1. occupier, seizer
  2. possesser

References

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  • قابض”, in اُردُو لُغَت (urdū luġat) (in Urdu), Ministry of Education: Government of Pakistan, 2017.
  • قابض”, in ریخْتَہ لُغَت (rexta luġat) - Rekhta Dictionary [Urdu dictionary with meanings in Hindi & English], Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2024.